P.K. Rao

International Trade Policies and Climate Change Governance

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Produktbeschreibung

This work offers a synthesis of the current approaches toward an integration of international trade and climate change, with a view to fostering potential improvements in policies and institutions affecting these. A number of pragmatic measures are proposed with reference to the WTO and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) regimes, which are expected to contribute toward enhanced climate change governance, as well as promoting international trade.

Produktdetails

• SpringerBriefs in Economics
• Verlag: Springer / Springer Berlin Heidelberg / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 86007446, 978-3-642-25251-8
• 2012
• Seitenzahl: 64
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Januar 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 155mm x 4mm
• Gewicht: 118g
• ISBN-13: 9783642252518
• ISBN-10: 3642252516
• Artikelnr.: 34216631

Autorenporträt

The author has published several books and papers on climate change, trade and sustainable development; he teaches at Edward Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, USA. Among the book publications are. "The Architecture of Green Economic Policies" (Heidelberg: Springer, 2010), "International Environmental Law and Economics" (Oxford: Blackwell, 2001), "The World Trade Organization and the Environment" (London: Macmillan, 2000), "Sustainable Development: Economic and Policy" (Oxford: Blackwell, 2000).

Inhaltsangabe

1 Introduction.- 2 The World Trade Organization and Climate Change.- 3 Environmental Goods and Services: WTO.- 4 Multilateral Environment Agreements and Trad Policies.- 5 Pragmatic Next Steps.- References.